Theatre
The Skinny theatre guide to plays, musicals, and theatre festivals throughout Scotland. We bring you the latest news in Scottish theatre, with highlights and reviews. Get backstage access with The Skinny's exclusive playwright, director, and festival curator interviews.
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FestivalsTravesty @ Assembly, George Square
Stand-up Liam Williams' debut play is a role-swapping romance Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
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Nicole Henriksen @ Underbelly, Cowgate
The spoken word performer and some-time stripper Nicole Henriksen essentially gives us a semi-naked TED Talk in Makin It Rain Outlining her own story in the... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsFringe Theatre Reviews: Dance Base
Woodland creatures, power dynamics, secret languages... in this round-up, we take a look at what's on offer at Dance Base in the first week of the Fringe Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
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Expensive Shit @ Traverse Theatre
“I want what you have,” a nightclub toilet attendant and ex-dancer laments through an empty mirror frame into the eyes of a captive audience. &ld... Read more »| 08 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsFringe Theatre: Northern Stage @ Summerhall
We look at the Northern Stage theatre programme at Summerhall at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
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Can Performers Make a Profit at the Fringe?
At an open-access arts festival like the Edinburgh Fringe, who ends up paying the heaviest price? We investigate. Read more »| 05 Aug 2016
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Music
Reasons to be Cheerful: Liverpool and Arts Spaces
Eight months on from the final show at the Kazimier, another Liverpool theatre closes. With the city's independent venues and arts spaces repeatedly coming under threat, we look at the full story, and find plenty of reasons for optimism Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: Stop the World, I Wanna Get Off
Our cultural agony aunt responds to a reader keen to "make the world less shit" following a string of tragedies and disasters around the world. Read more »| 04 Aug 2016 -
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Seoul & South Korean shows at the Fringe
A whistlestop tour of South Korea's capital whets the appetite for the Assembly's second Korea season and offers a timely reminder that the world can be beautiful Read more »| 03 Aug 2016 -
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Unfamiliar Things: Jack Webb on The End
Choreographer Jack Webb is now a name familiar in the Scottish Contemporary Dance scene. We sent one of his former classmates to interview him ahead of his e... Read more »| 03 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsLiam Williams on his debut play Travesty
Liam Williams has taken a break from his eloquent stand-up performances to write a play about the 'ethical dimensions of modern love' Read more »| 02 Aug 2016 -
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Gig Theatre: Not Theatre, Not A Gig, A Movement
With the trend of gig theatre at the Fringe and beyond growing, we talk to a handful of performers who are bridging the gap between gigs and theatre Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
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Paines Plough on their Fringe 2016 programme
Celebrated commissioners of new theatre Paines Plough return to Summerhall with their Roundabout theatre and a programme of new works from each of the UK nations Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
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Phoebe Eclair-Powell on Epic Love... and Torch
Phoebe Eclair-Powell is the playwright behind two productions at the Fringe, exploring identity through comedy, music and the troubling answers she received from questionnaires Read more »| 29 Jul 2016 -
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First Dates: In Fidelity at the Edinburgh Fringe
Rob Drummond returns to the Fringe this year with In Fidelity, a play that brings members of the audience onstage for a blind date. Naturally, we sent our Deviance editor to the rehearsals to find her one true love Read more »| 25 Jul 2016